Hearing
will last two to three days (or longer, thanks to the city's
last-minute shenanigans) Note: Our lawyers are Robin Gage and Irene
Faulkner. Legal research was also provided by Environmental Law Centre,
UVic.
More than a year after the mayor of Langford "berated, bullied and browbeat" speakers at a public hearing, the BC Supreme Court will hear a petition for Judicial Review of the South Skirt Mountain development bylaw. The petition asks the Supreme Court to quash the bylaw for violations of the Local Government Act. The hearing is expected to last two to three days beginning March 22.
Forest Action Network is charging Langford City Council with multiple abuses of the public trust, including:
1) Non-disclosure of documents related to the development's environmental impacts, heritage values, and infrastructure
requirements.
2) Public hearings tainted by verbal abuse and interruptions by the mayor, councillors, and pro-development onlookers.
3) Suppression of information about the Spencer Road Interchange (also known as the Bear Mountain Interchange).
Featuring:
THE PETITIONERS -- Vancouver Island Community Forest Action Network (VIC FAN) and Zoe Blunt (using my "real" non-pen-name, Tracie Park.)
THE RESPONDENTS -- City of Langford, Totangi Properties, Goldstream Heights Properties, Bear Mountain Parkway Estates, South Skirt Mountain Village, and Clara Kramer (intervenor)
THE LAND -- Skirt Mountain (also known as SPAET Mountain) home to abundant wildlife, rare ecosystems, wildflower meadows, seasonal creeks and indigenous cultural sites. The South Skirt Mountain properties are bounded by Bear Mountain Resort to the north, the TransCanada Highway and the half-built Spencer Interchange to the south, Goldstream Provincial Park to the west, and Florence Lake to the east.
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